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Artificial intelligence
AI to replace high-paid, highly educated doctors, CPAs: BOK
Artificial intelligence poses the biggest threat to high-paid, highly educated professionals such as medical doctors, accountants and engineering te...
Nov 16, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
SK, Hyundai Motor's US JV, named Georgia's Deal of Year
South Korea’s battery maker SK On and Hyundai Motor Group's joint battery project in Georgia, the US, was awarded the "Deal of the Year 2023 i...
Nov 14, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
STX to invest in lithium business in Peru, Brazil
South Korea’s trading company STX Corp. signed a tripartite agreement with local partners in Peru and Brazil to develop lithium mines and trad...
Nov 13, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Petrochemicals
Saudi Aramco’s $7 bn Korea project mired by labor shortage
Saudi Aramco’s $7 billion petrochemical project in South Korea, in what would be its largest-ever investment in the country, has hit a stumbli...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Real estate
Mirae seeks sale of HK Goldin assets to recoup investment
Mirae Asset Securities Co., South Korea’s largest brokerage house, plans a public tender of assets held by debt-laden Goldin Financial Holding...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Lunit participates in US gov't Cancer Moonshot
South Korea's medical AI company Lunit announced on Friday it will participate in the US President Joe Biden's cancer-conquering project Cancer Moon...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
Samsung joins Swedish smartcity net zero home project
Samsung Electronics Co. announced on Friday it will provide its Net Zero Home solutions for the upcoming Brobyholm Smartcity near Stockholm, Swede...
Nov 10, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
Hyundai E&C to form private-public partnership for US solar power
South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C), Korea Midland Power Co., and the Korea Overseas Infrastructure & Urb...
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Electric vehicles
POSCO Int’l to invest $519 mn in EV parts output expansion
POSCO International Corp., the energy and trading unit of South Korea’s steel giant POSCO Holdings Inc., plans to spend 680 billion won ($519....
Nov 09, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
POSCO Holdings to secure lithium from oil-field brine in Canada
South Korea's POSCO Holdings Inc. announced on Wednesday it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) in Seou...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Machinery
Doosan Bobcat to build new factory in Mexico
Doosan Bobcat Inc., the construction and agricultural machine manufacturer of South Korea’s Doosan Group, announced on Wednesday it plans...
Nov 08, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Batteries
LG Energy, SK On to delay battery JVs with Ford as demand slows
South Korea’s leading battery makers are postponing their plans to start operations of their joint ventures with Ford Motor Co. as the growth ...
Nov 07, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
SK Telecom invests in AI startups Allganize, Imprimed
SK Telecom Co. has invested a combined 9.4 billion won ($7.2 million) in artificial intelligence startups Allganize Inc. and Imprimed Inc., the top ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Carbon neutrality
SsangYong C&E to invest $616 mn in eco-friendly facilities
South Korea's cement maker SsangYong C&E Co. is investing 800 billion won ($616 million) in facilities to reduce environmental pollution in the ...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
Hanwha Ocean to join Canadian patrol submarine project
South Korea's shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean Co. secured a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with four Canadian submarine tech firms at Deep Blue Forum 20...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction & Planning
Heerim wins design contract for Hyundai Motor's Saudi plant
South Korea's Heerim Architects & Planners said on Monday it secured the architectural design contract for Hyundai Motor Co.'s new automobile as...
Nov 06, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Tech, Media & Telecom
LG CNS to join New York digital transformation project
South Korea's information technology service provider LG CNS announced on Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a digital tra...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Goldman Sachs promotes YK Yoon in Seoul to MD
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. named YK Yoon, head of fixed-income, currency and commodities (FICC) of the Seoul office, as a new managing director (M...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Food & Beverage
South Korea’s Dailybeer to enter into Singaporean market
Dailybeer, South Korean craft beer and fried chicken chain, announced on Friday it signed a contract with Singapore-based Katrina Group for joint in...
Nov 03, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Hillhouse to up investment in S.Korea with new hires
Hillhouse Investment Management Ltd., one of the largest private equity firms in Asia, is set to create an investment team dedicated to the South Ko...
Nov 02, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Aerospace & Defense
S.Korea mulls plan B as Indonesia falls behind on KF-21 project payments
Indonesia, a partner of South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet development project, has failed again to notify the Korean government of its plan to p...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Naver-invested ichrogene enters Thai market
South Korea's digital healthcare startup ichrogene, with investment from Naver D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), entered into Thai market. Naver Corp....
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Bio & Pharma
Samsung Engineering secures $349 mn bio plant deal
South Korea's Samsung Engineering secured a deal for the Songdo Bio Raw Material Plant construction project from the global life sciences and labora...
Nov 01, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private debt
Korea Investment raises $400 mn to expand US assets
Seoul-based brokerage firm Korea Investment & Securities Co. (KIS) has raised $400 million in new bonds to strengthen its investments in the US ...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Regulations
Korea plans wider crackdown on foreigners’ short-selling
South Korea’s financial regulator plans wider investigations into illegal short-selling trades by major foreign investment banks to ease conce...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Chemical Industry
S.Korea's SKC to sell fine ceramic business for $270 mn
South Korea's SKC Ltd. announced on Tuesday it will sell the fine ceramics business of its subsidiary SK enpulse, a semiconductor materials investme...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Energy
HD Hyundai joins $14 mn offshore wind power project
HD Hyundai Electric Co., the electrical equipment and energy solution company under South Korea’s shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Co., has joine...
Oct 31, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Earnings
S-Oil basks in hefty Q3 profit, expects strong winter demand
S-Oil Corp., the South Korean unit of Saudi Arabian Oil Co., said on Monday it swung to a net profit in the third quarter from a loss the year earli...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean startups
SK Networks invests $20.7 mn in pet care startup
South Korean trading firm SK Networks Co. announced on Monday it has completed a 28-billion-won ($20.7 million) investment in the domestic pet care ...
Oct 30, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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Investment banking
Korea Investment, Carlyle Group sign strategic partnership
Korea Investment & Securities Co. announced on Friday it has signed a strategic partnership with Carlyle Group, one of the world's leading priva...
Oct 27, 2023 (Gmt+09:00)
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